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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

Business Facilities

Austin, TX: On Top, Still Rising. For the past couple of years, Austin, TX and Baton Rouge, LA have been duking it out for the top ranking in our flagship metro Economic Growth Potential category. Austin is now one of the nation’s top emerging high-tech cities, with more than 120,000 people employed by around 4,400 technology firms.

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A glossary of terms with reference to Construction Cost Estimating

Construction Cost Estimating

Bond - in construction, a performance bond is a surety bond issued by an insurance company or a bank to guarantee satisfactory completion of a project by a contractor. Example: 223 in Boston / 187 in Austin = 1.19. To adjust a known cost in Austin to that in Boston, multiply the Austin cost by 1.19.

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Pulse: 07/30/2012

ENR Construction

Safety & Health. Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. Michigan The Edgewater Group is planning to build Harbor Village, a mixed-use development within the Harbor Shares community, located along the north bank of the St. in the South Lake Union district of Seattle. Austin Community College, Purchasing Dept.,